Combination wallet and purse



Filed May 25, 1940 INVENTOR, A hafiawi [Z9 Zder Patented May 27, 1941 COMBINATION WALLET AND PURSE Abraham Felder, New York, N.Y., assignor to Felder Bros. Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application May 23, 1940, Serial No. 336,852

3 Claims.

This invention relates generally to a combination billfold or wallet and change purse, and particularly to a device generally known as tightwad, wherein bills to be placed therein are required to be first folded longitudinally before their insertion.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and highly effective combination wallet and purse of relatively small dimensions, and fabricated substantially from one-piece of material, which latter feature reduces the manufacturing cost of the device to a minimum and prevents undue waste of material.

Another object of this invention is to provide a combination wallet and purse which is so designed that when the device is in its closed position the purse may still be independently operated, but wherein such purse operation is somewhat restricted to provide safety against spilling of the contents of the purse.

The foregoing and still further objects of this invention will become more fully apparent from the ensuing description of the accompanying drawing, in which 1 Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device in an open position, and wherein a bill held in the device is indicated;

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an end view, partially in section, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the wallet material in spread position; and

Figure 5 is a bill holding flap, cut from the spread material.

Referring specifically to Figures 4 and 5, the structure of my device and the mode of its assembly to a finished product will become presently understood.

From a suitable piece of wallet material, the

to fold over one another about their folding lines l5 and I6, respectively. From middle portion II, and integral therewith, extend a narrow flap l1 and a wide flap IS, the latter being substantially of the same width as the width of area II. It will be observed that flaps l5 and I6 are spaced from flaps l1 and I8 by the folding area l3.

Cut from the same wallet material, and preferably at the same time when the aforesaid wallet structure is cut, is a short bill holder l9, shown separately in Figure 5, and indicated beneath wide flap l8 in broken lines in Figure 4. This bill-holding flap I9 is substantially centrally secured to flap l8 by stitches 20 running parallel and in near proximity to folding line I8 of flap IS. The attachment of flap I!) to flap I8 is accomplished prior to the formation of the purse of the device.

It will be observed that flap i9, being of a substantially trapezoidal formation, is relatively small and is considerably shorter than flap i8. Due to its central location in respect to flap l8, its short inclined sides are generously spaced from folding areas l3 and I4. Especially important is the spacing of flap ill from flap pair l5 and IS, in that this spacing provides ample facilities for folding of even a large number of bills held by said flap pair, and engaged by flap IS, in the vicinity of folding area l3.

The purse structure, clearly seen in its finished form at Figures 1, 2 and 3, is produced in the other half 2| of the slide fastener is attached shapes shown in Figures 4 and 5 are cut, preferably by a suitable die. This cut-out shape comprises an elongated center area which is divided into three major area portions, that is, a relatively long end portion I 0, a middle portion II, the length of which latter approximates the length of end portion Ill, and a small end portion l2 which serves as a closure for the wallet. Between long end portion Ill and middle portion ii, there is a folding area I3, and between short end portion l2 and middle area I I there is another folding portion ll.

Adjoining middle portion I0, and arranged symmetrically thereto, there are provided integral extensions I 5 and l B in the form of flaps, adapted to the future free edge 22 of wide flap l8. Now this wide flap is bent along line l8 against the interior surface of area II, and the end edges of the flap are either cemented or sewed to along line 23 to the body of the device. Thus the pocket or purse is formed.

Now two corresponding ends of the slide fastener portions 20 and 2| are drawn together and held in that position by an end stop 24 for the slide member 25 (see Figures 1 and 3).

For the purpose of holding the device in folded, closed position, I provide near the end of area It) the male portion 26 'of a snap fastener, while in area or flap I! the female member 2'! of the snap fastener is arranged. When the longer end portion, with its flaps l5 and f6 overlying one another, is folded against the middle portion of the device, flap I2 is placed over the exterior portion of area I and snap fastener members 26 and 21 are pressed together. In that position the device is closed and ready to be carried about.

While the device is in this closed position, the purse formed therein may be still operated by sliding slide member 25, along the two fastener halves. Due to the fact, however, that the wallet portion of the device is in its closed position, the opening of the purse will be limited, and the interior of the purse will be made only accessible by slightly squeezing the ends of the closed body.

The finished'article requires very little pocket space, and in itself is inobtrusive and handy. It affords quick operation as to either the removal or insertion of change in the purse, or the removal or replacement of bills in the billfold. The fact that flap I9 is secured to the exterior surface of wide flap l8, and is independent of flaps l and IE, it will hold securely one end of bills placed thereunder, even if flaps l5 and it are unfolded.

As has been stated before, my device is extremely simple, both as to its manufacture as well as to its operation. The elimination of waste in the production and the limited amount of handling required reduces the manufacturing cost of the deviceto a minimum. While only one form of my device is illustrated, it is quite obvious that changes, and improvements may be required when the billfold is to be adapted for holding different currency, and I therefore reserve for myself the right to make changes and improvements therein without departing from the broad scope of my invention as expressed in the annexed claims.

I claim:

1. In a combination wallet and purse, made from a substantially one-piece structure, the latter consisting of a central elongated area and a plurality of integral and co-related extensions, a pair of flaps, adapted to fold over one another, forming free side extensions of one. end portion of said central elongated area, a pocket-forming large flap and a slide fastener-attaching smaller flap forming extensions of an adjacent portion of said elongated area and being united therewith, but being bodily spaced from said pair of folding-over flaps, a relatively short bill-holding flap, made from said one-piece structure, secured along one of its edges near the folding line of the pocket-forming flap, and being substantially centrally located in respect to the latter flap, a slide fastener held by said smaller flap and attached to the opening edge of the large flap, said central, elongated area terminating in a closure flap, adapted to overlap and interlock with the folded-over pair of flaps, when the latter are brought to an adjacent position with the pocket-forming flap, the shortness of said bill-holding flap and I its location affording a substantial folding space for paper bills held by said pair of flaps and engaged by said bill-holding flap.

2. In a combination wallet and purse, a substantially one-piece structure consisting of a longitudinal center area divided into a long end portion, a middle portion and a short end portion, a pair of folding-over flaps forming free side extensions of the long end portion, a narrow and a wide flap, forming side extensions of the middle portion, the narrow flap being sewed to one side of the middle portion, one half of a slide fastener held by the sewed-on narrow flap, the wide flap being sewedwith its short sides to the ends of the middle portion, the other half of the slide fastener secured to the free, long edge of the wide flap, a relatively short, substantially trapezoidal bill-holding member sewed to the wide flap along the folding area thereof, and being disposed centrally in respect to said wide flap, whereby a generous space is provided between said member and said folding-over flaps, said short end portion of the structure forming a closure for the device, when the long end portion is brought to an adjacent position in respect to the middle portion.

3. In a combination wallet and purse, a substantially one-piece structure consisting of a longltudinal center area, divided into long and short end portions and a middle portion, and a plural ity of integral and co-relatedextensions, a pair of folding-over flaps forming side extensions of the long end portion, a pocket-forming wall secured along three of its edges to the middle portion, the fourth edge 'being located along one long side thereof and defining therewith the opening of the pocket, aslide fastener for closing the pocket, one half of the slide fastener being secured to the long edge of the middle portion and the other half to the fourth edge of the wall, a relatively narrow flap carried by the middle portion, forming a bill-holding member, and being disposed to provide a substantial space along the folding area between the long end and center portions, the short end portion of the center area forming the closure for the wallet, when the long end portion is folded against the pocket, said slide fastener being operable while the wallet is either open or closed.

ABRAHAM FELDER. 

